JULIUS CAESAR SILVER PORTRAIT DENARIUS – POSTHUMOUS ISSUE OF L. MUSSIDIUS LONGUS – AU NGC GRADED ROMAN IMPERATORIAL COIN (INV. 20034)

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20034. ROMAN IMPERATORIAL. JULIUS CAESAR, d. 44 BC.
Silver Denarius, 3.74 g, 17 mm. Posthumous issue of L. Mussidius Longus from Rome, 42 BC.
Obv. Laureate head of Caesar right. Rev. L MVSSIDIVS LONGVS, cornucopia on globe, rudder to left, winged caduceus and apex to right.
Crawford 494/39a; Sydenham 1096a.
NGC graded AU, Strike 3/5, Surface 5/5, with golden iridescent highlights; the exceptionally elegant portrait of Caesar combining some of the hyper–realistic physiognomic features of the Republican veristic style with gentler and more classicizing facial features.